Altars go up in flames, although the memories remain
by Jennifer Brinker When Deacon Joe Streckfuss took charge of the archdiocesan Reclamation Center two years ago, one of the first things he confronted was the bank of sacred items -- altars, tabernacles …More
by Jennifer Brinker
When Deacon Joe Streckfuss took charge of the archdiocesan Reclamation Center two years ago, one of the first things he confronted was the bank of sacred items -- altars, tabernacles, kneelers -- no longer being used in churches. He realized the rich history attached to each item, and he said it moved him.
It was a tough call for Deacon Streckfuss when he recently commissioned the disposal of several items that had been collecting dust over the years. The Reclamation Center, which falls under the oversight of the archdiocesan Office of Sacred Worship, stores sacred items from closed parishes and those no longer used by other churches, convents and religious facilities in the archdiocese.
Earlier this month, six wooden altars, several wooden tabernacles, and a few other items, including a prie-dieu (kneeling bench), were broken down and burned on the grounds of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury.
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When Deacon Joe Streckfuss took charge of the archdiocesan Reclamation Center two years ago, one of the first things he confronted was the bank of sacred items -- altars, tabernacles, kneelers -- no longer being used in churches. He realized the rich history attached to each item, and he said it moved him.
It was a tough call for Deacon Streckfuss when he recently commissioned the disposal of several items that had been collecting dust over the years. The Reclamation Center, which falls under the oversight of the archdiocesan Office of Sacred Worship, stores sacred items from closed parishes and those no longer used by other churches, convents and religious facilities in the archdiocese.
Earlier this month, six wooden altars, several wooden tabernacles, and a few other items, including a prie-dieu (kneeling bench), were broken down and burned on the grounds of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury.
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This is the normal step for all modernist in fact I'm surprised these items were saved this long. I'm aware of a monastery that removed then burnt all the pre-vatican II books from it "vast" library. When I asked about these pre-vatican books I was told that they would no longer be used. They were correct they now have very few vocations. Hmmmm
